The Townsend Family Crest

A cousin of Governor Winthrop, Thomas Townsend, emigrated, in 1637, from London to Lynn, Mass. A tombstone, found in the King's Chapel Burying Ground, in Boston, bears the devices we publish; but there is no absolute proof that it was the tombstone of a descendant of Thomas Townsend. A descendant of William Townsend, another emigrant, who reached Boston in 1634, in poor circumstances, Penn Townsend (about 1727), occupied several high offices in the Commonwealth. His tomb, without coat of arms, exists still, in the Old Granary Burying Ground, in Boston. We may say, however, that it appears that the Boston Townsends are accepted as relations by the Marquess of Townshend [family name, Villiers-Stuart-Townshend], the head of the ancient lineage of the Twnshends of Rainham, county Norfolk, England.

Family

Townsend

Motto

Hœc generi incrementa fides.Faith gave these honors to our race.

Blazon

A Stag, Passant: Proper.

Source

America Hereldica